BIRMINGHAM is to stage Britain’s BIGGEST computer game – with 100 players blasting away with lasers at a screen taller than three double-decker buses stacked one on top of each other.

The Giant Screen Cinema, at the city’s Millennium Point science park, will host the larger than life event this Tuesday, and believe that it could be the first of many to come to town.

Gamers of all ages will be invited to form teams and shifting alliances as they battle an alien menace from beyond the stars. At stake could be the very survival of Planet Earth itself. The game is called [Renga] and its creators describe it as “an interactive, cinematic game that mixes new technology, adventure and a wry sense of humour to turn the traditional hero’s journey on its head.

“Ambushed and left for dead in deep space, the audience must work together to rebuild their ship and return home,” they say.

“While fighting off satellite warships, harvesting asteroids and constructing defences, the audience must build consensus on a ship fraught with politics – and that’s before confrontation with the alien mothership.”

Presented by wallFour, a new live event gaming company based at Birmingham Science Park, the action will be played out on the cinema’s giant digital screen, which is 95ft tall and 72ft wide.

It is the first time that The Giant Screen has been used to stage a laser play gaming event, and fans of multiplayer gaming will also get to rub shoulders with industry experts and local games creators.

Representatives from Sony Playstation, Sega and Warwickshire-based Codemasters will attend, the Midland company giving new games such as F1 2012, F1 Race Stars and GRID 2 a big screen preview.

Philip Singleton, chief executive officer at Millennium Point said: “We are delighted to be showcasing this ground-breaking event and partnering with industry experts from the technology and gaming world.

“The Giant Screen provides an excellent platform for bringing huge numbers of people together to enjoy interactive game play and we are eager to build on this experience and offer more events like this in the future”.

Birmingham’s Eastside Quarter is fast becoming the City’s hub for digital gaming expertise, with close to 60 new start-up tech businesses having joined the Science Park’s Entrepreneurs for the Future programme in the last two years.

More than 200 people are expected to attend the event and anyone interested should register at http://launchconference.co.uk/giant-screen where tickets are available at just £1.